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   From: bill.sloman@ieee.org   
      
   On 30/01/2026 5:59 am, john larkin wrote:   
   > On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:57:54 -0000 (UTC), Nioclás Pól Caileán de   
   > Ghloucester  wrote:   
   >   
   >> In sci.electronics.design John Larkin  wrote:   
      
      
      
   > The nice lady who visited us yesterday has an ECE degree and wants to   
   > learn hands-on electronics and not just type. I wonder if one has to   
   > have some natural inclinitions for doing electronics, sort of   
   > mechanical/visual/dynamic instincts. And whether one has to play with   
   > electronics when just a kid, before its too late.   
      
   The only electronics I did as a kid was to build a completely passive   
   crystal set - the only non-linear element was a diode.   
      
   I didn't get into electronics until I was a graduate student - and I got   
   into Fortran first. It doesn't seem to have been too late.   
      
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   Bill Sloman, Sydney   
      
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